rump and upper tail-eavents yellow-olive; all beneath; bright
sides of the neefc^reasti and flanks with chesnut streaks;
superior wing-coverts blackish,* margined and tipped with iolive-*
green, and soaiewhiafe ttegedlwith^dheshtay inferior^;)wmgte®veBts:
y@Roifish.5!?qaMs dusky, edgedexteribriLy with green* the outer ®!»'
with White o t f t f c t t i f e r r t * a large, white-spot
on the iimfepweh a tttp . I
In the plumage here-sieserihed, it has been mentioned «My several
author^ Under iho^name off Sylvia ;»*g/fej&fii(^ ?aad» by »Latham; is
called’ the Bloody-sifle WarMes,. I In that which we are about id
dfe^Mb«, it was fitefemad© known by Button, who adopted the;
n am ed f Bimbele, given tO'it in the West Indies, and in this »statee,
iH is figured i by ^edlotefas the Sylvia pMlmarum. The following
description is drawn up from a specimen procured in Florida# in
winter. - *
Length five inches; Mil half a® « h , slender, almost straight,
and y e ry ^slightly notched,» blackish, paler beneath; the feet are
biaeMdb# l^ies^very dark4rfown. The general plumage, abtvbs
is olive-broWn,«each> feather,being dusky along the middle? the
feaiherstef the head are: dusky at base; as-is the whole plumage,
theii th e^ a re chesnut nearly to the tip, (forming a concealed Spot
of th a t colour on the drown) where they are of the common colour,
b tit> somewhat darker; the rump and superior tail-coverts J r e
yrilloW-oJilte) a well idESn^d -yellowlsh-whiteiline -patees w d r the
eye, which is encircled with white; the" cheeks .are dusky, as well
asia stteak t r o u g h tife eyd; ihfe feferier parts ate whitifeh, s lig ^ y
tinged witb-yellowislfeand with a few hlack|sh Istteaks- each side
of the throat, and on tbehreasfc and flanks; the belly is immacui
late, and'thoreteiehlyr tinged with yellow^ the! inferior tail-coteria
being pure yelloW; the rwing-eoveTts are 4f the-colour of the feathers
of the back# the- blackish centre feeing mope- extended and deeper^
the • wings’ have n'o bauds ;dtke quill-feathersare. blackish,, edged
externally with pale yelte.w^elive,.becoming whitish towards the
tipythe fryefeutef-ones.are ahbefpali;?the;teil: tits' feathers
are.somewhat pointed, edged externally with yello^oJivdj inter-
naJly with whitish^the;,out©r,.onë. also externally whitish; the two
outer,- ones with a ; large puije,-white WpotiPn their inUer: vane at
tipj the th ird and fpurtk eaph? side?;y®th{an;inner white termin.al
margin,
j 1 In' this plumage, this feird resembles so .nearly Sylvia, coronata
In-its most humble dress, that it .indistinguishable onjy on a close
examination. However, tlie bill.-js longer, and;>mpre| slender# the
sfewmspot ehesnut,, instead -of yellow, the tealthars beingdéfttitetfè
®f ithe white which is ohseryabj# in;thp pther by, separating the
feathers; the rump is olive-vellow, not pare «eliodl aurl.teat colour
®i»teiding: on, the tailipo^erts, does- not^H f e fo?^ c&n§ga,ta.
T h e under parts tinged with yellow, and^especially *iiie ptireffello w
taifeeovOrts, whfeh; a rt pure white in -eeuynatg,' will sufficiently
distinguish them;-;
g It .i-S iiU? remarkable circumstance, that, there ,-isj n#? obvious
difference to. bp observed; rbptween; the ^plumage o f . the. »sexes,
notwithstanding the statements of authors to the eoetra'ry. This
is the cases'hpfeeyei?, in (S', córonata, and* in alnaost all- Jyhe WarblepS
that; change periodically from adpU to a bright plumage, and in
fact, in most birds in w h ich th is change takesipfefei-u,
■ According ;t® Buffon and Yfedloti.this .bird is a .permanent
resident; in the- West; Judies, where, -as they state, the name is
Köpptimesf applied tp,4t; pf F&us$e Linotte. . We, however,, can
perceive scarcely; any resembfenoe, except jin. its dull state of
plumage, to a-similar state of the Red-poll Finch The name of
Bimbelé, by which it is. known among-the negroesiofetbpse :coun*
|rfeB,'iijdesteeddtem :theiteesileetiou of-an African bird, td which,
probably, the resemblance iij.nót}jnmre evident,: Unfortunately,
this propensity, of; limited minds to . refer new objects, -however